The process by which land becomes increasingly used for agricultural production. Agricultural intensification can apply to high-input (machinery, fuel, chemicals) farming as well as to lower- input traditional to organic practices.
The process (or trend) of developing a more extensive production system, i.e. one which utilizes large areas of land, but with minimal inputs and expenditures of capital and labour.
A primary agricultural product that can be bought and sold.
Collective business activities that are performed from farm to table. It covers agricultural input suppliers, producers, agroprocessors, distributors, traders, exporters, retailers and consumers. Agro- industry refers to the establishment of linkages between enterprises and supply chains for developing, transforming and distributing specific inputs and products in the agriculture sector. Consequently, agro-industries are a subset of the agribusiness sector.
People and organizations who are directly involved in (and dependent on) the implementation of biodiversity related decisions and have their own stakes and interests.
A collection of solid or liquid particles suspended in a gas. They include dust, smoke, mist, fog, haze, clouds, and smog.
The evolution of a number of divergent species from a common ancestor, each species becoming adapted to occupy a different ecological niche.
A systematic process for continually improving management policies and practices by learning from the outcomes of previously employed policies and practices.
A formal procedure for learning by doing, that is particularly amenable to sequential decision problems.